Description
Glances is an open-source system cross-platform monitoring tool. Prior to 4.5.6, the cors_origins guard in glances/outputs/glances_restful_api.py uses exact list equality instead of wildcard membership, allowing a multi-origin list containing the wildcard to retain cors_credentials and expose authenticated REST API data to an untrusted website visited by a previously authenticated user. This issue is fixed in 4.5.6.
Published: 2026-08-17
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-fp27-88fp-2phg Glances: REST API CORS Credentials Guard Uses Exact-Match Instead of Membership Test — Bypassed by Any Multi-Origin Allowlist Containing the Wildcard
History

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Description Glances is an open-source system cross-platform monitoring tool. Prior to 4.5.6, the cors_origins guard in glances/outputs/glances_restful_api.py uses exact list equality instead of wildcard membership, allowing a multi-origin list containing the wildcard to retain cors_credentials and expose authenticated REST API data to an untrusted website visited by a previously authenticated user. This issue is fixed in 4.5.6.
Title Glances: REST API CORS Credentials Guard Uses Exact-Match Instead of Membership Test — Bypassed by Any Multi-Origin Allowlist Containing the Wildcard
Weaknesses CWE-942
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


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Nicolargo Glances
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-17T17:03:23.346Z

Reserved: 2026-07-30T16:19:08.082Z

Link: CVE-2026-68517

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-17T17:16:40.173

Modified: 2026-08-17T17:16:40.173

Link: CVE-2026-68517

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-17T18:30:04Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-942

    Permissive Cross-domain Security Policy with Untrusted Domains